This time last week we (Tracy, Lucy and I) were rolling through downtown Minneapolis getting to our hotel room. Jackson stayed with the in-laws while we went north for Booter's wedding. Good time. Al, Nicole, and Luke were all in town as well, so the whole family went up. Good times. Didn't actually do any dancing. Did get to go swimming at the pool one day. That was nice. Also, the Westin in downtown Minneapolis is cool because the lobby/bar/restaurant is in a former bank. Driving wasn't too bad. Lucy's a great road tripper. Listened to a lot of This American Life while I drove. Except for that stretch around Eau Claire. No AT&T Data Coverage there. Hard to believe it's almost June. Hung out in Woodstock on Sunday night, picked up Jackson on Monday. More family hangouts on Tuesday, to see Lucy's Ballet Recital (no idea we were supposed to bring flowers), then went to the Shedd Aquarium, followed by dinner at Flo & Santos. And then a very short week at work.

I put new tires, Marathon Plus, on the Pacer Sunday night. Had to replace the tires that I had on there for all of 2 months because I had to dig a chunk of glass out of the front one last week I think? And all because I took Franklin to Orleans instead of Canal to Milwaukee to Halsted. Anyway, my favorite tires, because they're bulletproof. Except they make the bike feel like a tank. Much slower it seems. But totally worth it to not have to worry about flats anymore. Hopefully. Also put the Tubus Cargo rear rack on so I could use the Ortlieb Classic Rollers to bring the new suit back from work. Better that than taking the L and carrying it home. So maybe that also had something to do with the slowness. Felt slow. Lots of Half Days this month, today because both kids have doctor's appointments. Next week for Lucy's dance recital. Wondering if I should use the Apple dividends to buy Lucy an iPad. She's started playing with mine again.

Found out officially that Lucy is allergic to peanuts. Or at least peanut butter. That was a fun night in the hospital. Always assumed, but now it's official, and we get to carry around epi-pens. Got a house, well, what's officially a 3 unit building we'll be deconverting to a single family home. Long process, so not sure when we'll actually get to move in. Finally got some help in the office with a real systems administrator hire. Hopefully will mean we can get more stuff done, and not just keeping our head above water. Not really keeping track of activities/events, so don't have anything to look back on to know what else has been going on. So going to try and start this up again. We'll see, as usual. Jackson's starting solid food, well, more like non bottle food, since it really isn't that solid. Seams to like it. Was hoping to switch to something cheaper than Picturelife for photo management/archive/sharing, but currently that's the best available still. And since I paid annually through November, might as well keep using it. Of course, I might switch again if Apple comes out with a real Photo Stream that works for families.